Re: Problem with initializing a class object
a...@mailinator.com wrote:
By removing the original copyright statement and then publishing the
code you have committed a copyright violation. The original is
distributed under the GPL, so you have violated the GPL, too. SHAME ON
YOU!
What about finally learning Java, so you don't have to steal other
person's code and pissing on their copyright?
phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:
What about not wasting my time trying to prove you don't know the
answer to this but know how to act like a jackass?
Now, you see, you really shouldn't respond like that. If the poster were a
troll they'd be laughing in their beer over your response, and if they weren't
then you just hurt their feelings, for they were merely trying to protect you
from possible legal exposure.
Besides, if you violated a copyright then acting aggrieved actually weakens
your case.
Another thing, /ad hominem/ attacks like that are, to many, /prima facie/
evidence that the attacker is the one in the wrong. You might not care what
the bazillions of other readers on the forum think of you, and that is a good
thing, but even so you may wish to consider the message you are actually
conveying.
- Lew